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Show Page Two The Springville Herald - January 23, 2002 Soto EDITORIAI Words from the past The Springville HeraldArt City Publishing was honored last Saturday by the Springville Area Chamber of Commerce, It is always nice to receive recognition, but run when you have to publish it in your own newspaper. A little like tooting your own horn. Anyway, we thank the chamber and appreciate their efforts to make Springville and especially the business district a better place to do business in. While looking through some files to check dates for the history of the newspaper the chamber wanted, we ran onto some interesting quotes by Harrison Conover who took over the job as editor of this newspaper in 1934 and then purchased it in 1940. After the Dec. 7. 1944 attack on Pearl Harbor, the Springville Herald editorial cautioned: "While it is wise to be on the alert, to adopt every protective measure, we should seek to avoid war hysteria. We should not accept every rumored event which we read or hear about. Wait in confidence until the government makes its official announcement as to what has actually happened. Everybody can help in this great struggle. Keep busy. Keep your faith. Avoid hysteria!" Words we could have used after Sept. 1 1 . And one year when it was evident projected expenditures substantially exceeded anticipated revenues, Harrison Conover wrote: "This week our legislature is in session. Never before has this body been confronted by more serious and difficult problems. The price-tag is attached to most of them. Grandiose plans for abundant and costly services, both old and new, are presented for approval. The sum-total of the requests is so excessive as to be far beyond the capacity of our productive machinery. It is apparent we are unable to afford even our present public services. We cannot prosper by 'taking in' each others' wash, nor can we continue to expand our tax load without wrecking our economic structure. We need the axe, pruning-hook, screens and sharpened pencils. Combinations, eliminations, reorganizations and the rigid application of priorities, based on related need, must all be,, utilized. Yes, the Legislature is our hope and our fear-the combined wisdom of all will be required to solve our problems." Are the members of the Utah Legislature who now in session listening? During the Great Depression, newspaper crusades urged buying at home. Conover's approach was unique. In part, it read: "Are you a property owner in Springville? What is it worth and what makes it worth the value you place on it? If Springville slides back and becomes smaller, your property will be worth less. But if it grows, your property will increase in value in ratio with its growth. What, then, is the deciding factor as to whether Springville will grow or not? If we buy things manufactured and produced in Springville; if we trade with our local merchants, spending our money here, Springville is bound to grow. If, on the other hand, we take our money to some other city to trade, we are crippling our own city and cutting our own throats. Save your property." Good advice even now. Shop in Springville. Utah lowest for cancer incidence Utah has one of the lowest cancer rates in the United States. Utah's overall cancer incidence rate for females is the fourth lowest in the nation and the fifth lowest for males. Utah has the lowest incidence rate for lung cancer for both males and females. fe-males. These findings are in the "American Cancer Society's Cancer Facts & Figures 2002," released just this week. The good news is that nationwide and in Utah, the five-year -relative survival sur-vival rate for all cancers combined com-bined is 62 for cancer survivors. survi-vors. For all major cancers excluding ex-cluding one, Utah was ranked sixth and below for incidence. "In general, Utah is a healthy state," says Rose Defa, Utah Executive Director, American Cancer Society. "Utah's cancer rankings continue to prove what other studies have shown, that Utah is one of the healthiest states in the nation. However, 1 ,300 men will die from prostate cancer, 1,100 women will die from breast cancer and 700 Utahns will die from colon cancer can-cer in 2002. We still have room for improvement. The report estimates that there (USPS 513-060) Published Weekly by Art City Publishing Co., Inc. 161 South Main Street Springville, Utah Publisher Martin W. Conover Editor Patricia Conover Periodical Postage Paid in Springville, UT 84663 Postmaster send change of address notice to: The Springville Herald, 161 S. Main, Springville, UT 84663 Subscriptions In Advance per year $20 Out of County Subscriptions per year $23 Per Copy 50C delivered by carrrier, per month $2 Member Utah Press Association will be 5,900 new cancers diagnosed diag-nosed in Utah in the coming year. The one glaring Utah statistic statis-tic is the report that Utah has the seventh highest rate of prostate cancer in the nation. And, more men will lose their life to prostate cancer than women will to breast cancer in Utah. Men should know their individual prostate cancer risk factors, learn what's known about diet and prostate cancer risk, and consider screening screen-ing for the disease at the appropriate appro-priate age. Thirty percent of all cancers are attributed to tobacco use. Scientific evidence suggests that about one-third of cancer deaths that occur in the US each year are due to nutrition and physical factors, including obesity. For the majority of Americans who do not use tobacco, dietary choices choic-es and physical activity are the most important modifiable deter , minants of cancer risk. Respect for the sun and its UV rays would significantly cut the incidence inci-dence of skin cancers. And, colon cancer incidents and deaths are 90 presentable. It is a vice to trust all and equally a vice to trust none. Sometimes the question ' is asked. "What does the PTA do?" The Answer: "Nothing without its members." Perhaps a trite phrase, but very true. In a very condensed version of what actually actual-ly happened, this article will attempt to tell you how some, individuals will be able to work through the PTA to make a huge difference in the impact that Utah State School Trust Lands have on our schools. Starting with Ohio and ending with Alaska as each territory became a state, the federal government gov-ernment granted them land. In exchange for the land, states would never tax the federal lands within their boundaries. The purpose of the land was to support sup-port public education. The lands revenues (proceeds from the sale of those lands, from timber sales on the lands, from minerals in the lands, etc.) came to establish a permanent State School Fund. Interest from this fund could be transferred to the Uniform School Fund which was to be "...used for the support of the state's public education system..." (quote from Article X, Section 5 of Utah Constitution) To get an idea of where Utah stands in it's efforts to fund education here are some facts. Property taxes are a main means of funding education. There are only two other states that have more federally owned property than Utah: Nevada and Alaska. Those two states also have the lowest birth rates in the nation. Utah has the highest. Since almost al-most 70 of Utah is made up of federally owned property this creates the smallest private property prop-erty tax base to fund education and the highest ratio of studentstaxpayer stu-dentstaxpayer to educate. On average 45 of the state's budget is spent on education and still schools have legitimate needs for greater funds. Margaret Bird, as a graduate student at the University of Utah, Springville report Springville Police arrested one ' adult and issued citations to seven juveniles and two adults afteT receiving a call of a loud party at 1525 S. 400 East 34, Springville. Spring-ville. The juveniles were cited for illegal consumption of alcohol. Troy Zobell, owner of the house, was arrested for three counts of supplying alcohol to minors. Stacey Rea Baker, 485 E. 900 South, Springville, was cited for possession of alcohol by a minor. Skyler Drake Obannon, 1525 S. 400 East 34, Springville, was cited for possession of alcohol by a minor. Police also investigated eight vehicle burglaries. Taken were six CD players, many CD's and a cell phone. A stereo was damaged dam-aged in one car, and the face plate from a CD player was taken from another. Gerald Albert Cooper, 785 S. 100 East 4, Springville, was arrested for three outstanding warrants. Peter Anthony Cos-tanzo. Cos-tanzo. 111 A. St., Springville, was arrested for a warrant. Allen L. Creviston, 387 S. 300 West, Springville, was referred re-ferred to court for theft after an employee at Reams laid his coat down and it was later found on Creviston. Garrett B. Kelsch, 1513 W. Wallace Dr., Springville, was arrested for DUI. Ryan Allen Miller. 3378 Cameron Park Ln.. South Jordan, was cited for possession pos-session of alcohol by a minor. A male juvenile was caught shoplifting at Reams. Ryan Andrew An-drew Pulsipher, 1828 S. 350 East, Springville, was arrested for a warrant. Evelyn L. Thorn, 1455 N. Main, Springville, was arrested for two warrants. Copper tubing was taken from a business; medications were taken from a home; and a DVD and big screen TV were taken from a home. Other thefts includ- , ed 98 CD's from a home; gaso- ... line; furniture from an apartment; and washer, dryer and CD player and CD's from an apartment. Springville Police had 237 calls last week. Roy Jacuzzi invented the first fully integrated whirlpool bath in 1968. Alfred Nobel, manufacturer of explosives, created the fund for ; the Nobel Peace Prize. Cardinal John O'Connor, the oldest active bishop in the U.S., ! died in May 2000. studied School Trust Lands and their .history. She felt, with change, the trust lands had great potential to increase revenues for schools. She worked hard to educate those administering the Trust Lands Fund as to its potential. poten-tial. Sandra Skousen became aware of difficulties surrounding School Trust Lands as she worked for a local newspaper in San Juan County. She saw that the state had drifted from it's obligation as a trustee. Her work as member of the Uta PTA Board of Directors resulted in the State PTA organization organi-zation uniting to work for reform int he management of School Trust Lands. Margaret Bird and the State PTA discovered each other and combined their efforts to correct mismanagement of the State School Trust Lands. The mismanagement was not a deliberate attempt to defraud beneficiaries and "steal" from the permanent school fund by anyone administering over the lands. Rather, it was a gradual loss of knowledge of the original intent for the use of these lands. Nearly 100 years had passed since the Lands were first granted to Utah. When the state was originally -granted these lands it was made a trustee for the schools (or school children of Utah). As a trustee it had fiduciary obligation in that trust. The interests of the beneficiaries benefi-ciaries (Utah's school children) were to be placed above any other interests, state or otherwise, no matter how worthy the "other" cause might be. The permanent school fund is constitutionally protected against loss. "The State School Fund shall be guaranteed against loss or diversion. " (Utah Constitution, Article X, Section 5) The following follow-ing fact, alone, indicated that somewhere change needed to be made: The permanent school fund had fallen to 18 million, the lowest permanent fund of any COMMENT Kofi Annan's Rwanda story Editor: January 15, the Deseret News announced that UN Secretary General Kofi Annan will visit Salt Lake City for the opening of the Olympics and be hosted by the Governor at a reception. Governor Leavitt's spokeswoman, spokeswom-an, Natalie Gochnour, said, "We're honored." In a new book by William Norman Grigg, we read: "On January 11. 1994. amid accumulating signs of an impeding imped-ing slaughter of Tutsis and moderate mod-erate Hutus by the 'Hutu Power regime in Rwanda, General Dallaire sent an urgent fax to UN Headquarters. The message explained ex-plained that Dallaire had been warned by a defector from the regime that it was planing 'to register all Tutsi in Kigali' the Mapleton police report Mapleton Police had 43 calls last week. They cited Kendra Marie Millet, 652 Cutler Ave., Springville, and Andrew John Rolance, 1335 N. 700 West, Mapleton, for possession of alcohol by a minor. Charles J. Amadar, 325 E. 1000 North. Pleasant Grove, was cited for open container of alcohol, alco-hol, no insurance and defective headlights. A mother found drug paraphernalia in her son's room and brought it to the police. A door and power cord were taken from a home under construction, con-struction, and a mailbox was : damaged. Glenn H. Curtiss started the first airplane company in the U.S. in 1907. The American Civil War began at Fort Sumter in Charleston, Charles-ton, SC in April 1861. John Joseph Merlin, an 18th Century mechanical prodigy, was famous for producing clocks and watches. The ancient temple of Hera is located about 55 miles south of Naples, Italy in the ancient city of Paestum. state holding trust lands at the time. Additional problems with management of trust lands included includ-ed lands sometimes being sold or surface leases being made far under the market value. The military leased the surface of trust lands for decades at rates below ten cents an acre. Military leases had no requirement for bonding for reclamation. Meaning Mean-ing that the trusts were potentially potential-ly left to handle any clean-up needed after the military use. ' When mineral lands are leased there is an additional revenue income from royalties received when the minerals are actually mined. Royalty provisions were not always enforced on school trust lands. Federal mineral leases expire after ten years if the company holding them does not produce the mineral. Thus the land can be leased again to a company that will hopefully produce and create additional royalty revenues. Some Utah leases were held almost fifty years with no production. The Trust Lands were administered admin-istered under the Division of Utah Lands. The interests of this department do not always coincide coin-cide with the interests of Utah Schools creating an inherent conflict. When the PTA bought these and other examples of mismanagement misman-agement to the legislature's attention, atten-tion, the lawmakers responded. The legislature established a Trust Lands Task Force School Trust Lands in 1991 and 1992. In 1993 Governor Leavitt requested one more year of study by a citizen advisory committee. Both committees came to the same conclusions for reform. Representative Mel Brown sponsored a bill to restructure management of the trust lands and guided it through the House of Representatives. Senator David Steele sponsored the bill on the senate side. Many other represen capital. He suspects it is for their extermination. The informant infor-mant offered to lead Dallaire and his men to a local government weapons cache, and requested that he and his family be taken into protective custody. Dallaire asked for permission to raid the government arms cache within 36 hours. ... His superiors forbade him to disarm the government killing squads. Instead, he was ordered to share his information with the Hutu government...." (Grigg,; William Norman, "Global Guru Grab-The United Nations Campaign Cam-paign to Disarm Americans,'' Copyright 2001. Published by The John Birch Society. Page 66.) General Dallaire was in command com-mand of the UN "peacekeeping" military forces in Rwanda at the time, UNAMIR. 800,000 Rwan-dans Rwan-dans were subsequently murdered by the Hutu death squads which had been armed by the Hutu-dominated Hutu-dominated government. Printed at the top of the faxed reply to General Dallaire was the name of Kofi Annan, who was ML View, Hospital gets accreditation Mountain View Hospital (MVH) has achieved accreditation accredita-tion from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations as a result of its demonstrated compliance with the Joint Commission's nationally recognized health care standards. The Joint Commission, an independent and not-for-profit organization, is dedicated to continuously improving the safety and quality of the nation's health care through voluntary accreditation. accredita-tion. Mountain View Hospital undergoes a survey by a full team of Joint Commission experts every three years. The highest rating available is accreditation, which MVH achieved. Mountain View Hospital received the highest score this team of surveyors gave this year. "We are extremely proud of each Mountain View Hospital physician physi-cian and employee for their tatives and senators signed as cosponsors to the bill. The bill had the endorsement of the Education Edu-cation Coalition, a broad citizen support and ultimately, unanimous unani-mous support of the legislature. As a result, the School and Institutional Insti-tutional Trust Lands Administration Administra-tion was formed and the School Land Trust Program was established estab-lished in our schools. The Trust Lands Administration Administra-tion is patterned after a business corporation, separate from other government organizations, which eliminates the potential for conflict con-flict of interest. It's members are chosen by the governor from a list organized by a nominating committee. Board members are always to include at lease one member knowledgeable in real estate, renewable resources and non-renewable resources with additional areas of expertise considered for other board members. mem-bers. A purpose statement was drafted that specifically identifies the State's trust obligations and the administration's objectives. Since the Institutional Trust Lands Administration's organization organiza-tion the Permanent School Fund has grown to about 400 million dollars. The billion dollar mark is a realistic and obtainable goal for this trust in the not-so-distant future. The School Trust Land Program Pro-gram started to directly benefit schools in the 2000-2001 school year as explained in a previous article. v Some concerned citizen's actions made a huge difference for our schools. This article can not begin to identify or applaud enough the resulting dedication, work and cooperation of organizations, organi-zations, professional citizens and government in bringing about lasting reform. The PTA iSvprouti of the role it played in helping to produce this success. Sp'ringvilleMapleton PTA Council PAGE then the chief of peacekeeping operations, which suggests that Annan was it's author or was ultimately responsible for its contents. Yet later, at a Belgian inquiry into the Rwandan genocide, geno-cide, Mr. Annan refused to testi- fy. A UN inquiry concluded in 1999 that Annan was, in fact, the author of the notorious reply to Dallaire. Copies of Dallaire's warnings of the impending slaughter slaug-hter had been made available not only to Annan but to then-Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Gahli. Boutros-Gahli. General Dallaire retired to Canada and became a hopeless, suicidal, broken drunk. He told a reporter that he was haunted by the images of the hundreds of thousands of dying Rwandans he was not allowed to help. Kofi Annan was promoted to become the Secretary General of the United Nations. Now he comes to Utah to be honored by Governor Leavitt and the Olympics Olym-pics people. Bliss W. Tew Orem, Utah dedication in making this hospital one of the best facilities in the country," said Dr. Stephen Rees, chairman of the Board of Trustees. Trust-ees. "This survey confirms that Mountain View Hospital's medical medi-cal staff, administration and employees work collectively to provide compassionate care, continuous improvement, clinical excellence and cost efficiency to the communities we serve." Jo Burt, chief clinical officer at MVH, spoke of her pride in a staff who is committed to standards stan-dards that are intended to achieve the highest level of performance possible. "In addition, they appreciate ap-preciate the educational aspect of the survey and the opportunity to interact with the team of surveyors," survey-ors," said Burt. "The survey is proof of an organization-wide commitment to provide quality care on an ongoing basis." POOR |